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In common, widely employed usage, the abbreviation ‘PVC’ has one of two meanings, depending on the context in which it appears, viz.
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Titow, W.V. (1990). General Introduction. In: PVC Plastics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3834-5_1
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